Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-27
State AFFAIRS.
The Governor will Sign the Prohibition
Amendment BiII--MiIIs County
Bill Passes the House.
Text of the Bucket.Shop Bill as il
Passed Both Houses Senate Dis
cusses the Commission Bill.
House Committee on Public Lands to
Report a Compromise Land Bill.
Department appointments.
TIE RAILROAD COMMISSION BILL.


TIE RAILROAD COMMISSION BILL.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten, Feb. Ex-senator Up
shaw resumed his argument this morning
in support OF the railroad commission
bill. He thought the people of the state
could safely trust three men selected by
the Governor of the state with the regu-
lstiOns of the railroads rather than allow
the interests Of the people to suffer from
the management of one man, employed by
the railroads to look after their interests
alone. He referred to the railroad lob
bies who We're present at every session OF
ings as promptly as any Senator
of the untiring energies of
! looking toward q restriction of their
powers of pooling and determinations in
matters of vital Importance touching the
commercial interests of the people. The
very fact that railroads hired men to man
age the pooling system and the division OF
| freights, was most urgent reason why
|
| prevent the enCrOaChmen' that grew out
of this organized system of the railroads.
| L futiDg the charge that the commission
| feature emana'e ed from the northe m
states, he claimed that England intro
| duCed the system thirteen years ago,
| reading an extract from speech mae
! by Senator Coke before the committee
on inter state commerce, in which he
gives minute details Lf the successful
waski.s Of the system.
- NEW COUNTIES.
| PThe Ro s county bill, after being
famend Il to conform to the Constitutional
J Provisions relative t. unity boundaries,
| 10 which Mr.. Camp OF Limestone made =
strong opposition speech, passed 10 en-
| grossmenJ ID the House.
The Mills unity bill reached its final
passage, after spirited opposition from
Mr.. McGagghey,
POWER OF EINING RATES.
Senator Harrison, speeking on the rail
road commission bill, read from de-
cision of Chief Justice Moore, wherein
| he held thst the Legislature could not
delegate its power OF fixing rates under
the constitution to commission !;
that in that particular there was
8 marked distinction between the Georgia
constitution and that of Texas. He
claimed inst the railroads would not OBJ
| ject to this bill on constitutional grounds,
that they could hold up this commission
between them and the decisions of the
courts. He claimed that two wrongs
never made right and if the railroads
! had violated the principles of constitu-
tiOnal law it did not warrant the Legisla-
ture in stepping over the bounds of con-
stltutionsl rights to rectify these viola
tons, but they should meet thtm with
laws that cannot be impeached.
THE BUCKET SHOP BILL.
The bucket shop bill has passed both
| houses. The text of this bill reads ::
That if any person shall, directly, or
! shall through an agent or SCENTS, manage
| or superinIend for himself or as agent or
| repr; sentative of any other person or
| corporation, conduct, carry on, or trans
| act any business which Is commonly
| known as dealing in futures in cotton,
! grain, lard, or any kind of meats or egri-
cultural products, or cooperation stock,
or shall keep any house, or shall manage,
| conduct, or carry on or transact any bust
| ness commonly known a. produce or
stock exchange, or bucket shop, where
future contracts ale bought and
sold with no intention of any
actual bona tide delivery of the article or
| thing SO bought or sold, such person
! whether acting for himself OF another, as
aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty Of a
misdemeanor and sail be faed il any
| sum Of not less than Sl00 nor more than
| $500, and IN addition thereto shall be
| imprisoned in the county jail not
less than thirty days nor
more than six months, provided
that each day that such business house
is carried on or kept shall constitute q
separate offenSe; that any person owning
or controlling any house or place of bu,l-
ness, renting Or leasing suCn premises to
be used for carrying on such business
shall be fined in any sum not less than
! 500 nor more than $500.
SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE.
SIX pubic welgherS were appointed
and commissioned to-day: is Stafford,
and w. II. Hawkins.
The following pilots for the port of
Galveston were also appointed and com
Mcdonald, lawson Luth, George Wilson,
/ LIZ DSct, " M auultnSy H. w dSASu.
| David Guthrie and S b4stin Dronel.
CuMPTRo -LER's OFFICE.
The Comptroller is drawing drafts IN
the county comptrollers through the coun-
ty treasurers for amounts of county taxes
to be paid at the Comptroller's offite by
non-residents, amounting to S9l,75
The drummers are coming to the
! front with their tax money.
County collectors and their bondsmen
are being notified by the Comptroller that
close settlements must be made. They
are also instructed that they can only pay
school funds that they collect on school
coupons, and that the collection on state
revenue must be sent to the state treas
| ury.
School coupon No. 2 will be issued,
commencing March l, 1887, and the State
Treasurer will Degin to register the same
on that date.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
An amended Charter of the Taylor, Bas-
trop and Houston Railway mas been filed
| in the Attorney Generals Office, asking
his aDOrOyal TIE change made IN tn.